So now we were in for it. We left the
rockets of Dong Ha behind in return for mortars and rifle fire close in
from Dai Loc Village.

Memories from here:The Lord smiled on us and placed us at an Engineering company which
cleared the roads of mines every morning, gave us hot water, and placed
us on the side of the hill away from Dai Loc Village - where the fire fights
came from at night.

Sgt Bob Hrisoulis, "Greek", had the biggest and most constant smile
of anyone I ever met. Six months after I left RVN and 14 days
before he was to leave, he volunteered to go on a patrol as radioman out
to Charlie Ridge (SW of Hill 37). His helicopter was shot down and
everyone aboard died. Bob made life funny, interesting, and amusing.
I have visited The Wall sixteen times since it opened and always make time
to run my fingers over his etched name and let my own tears go. I will
always miss him.

Memorium, clipped from a Detroit paper, "A BRONZE STAR presentation was
made July 1 to the family of Sgt Robert Hrisoulis, who died in Vietnam
during January, 1971. Left to right at the presentation areSgt. Tim Lundberg,
USMC, 2nd Radio Battalion, Camp Lejeune, NC; Mrs. Helen Hrisoulis,
George Hrisoulis, Gr. Hrisoulis, Jr., and Capt. Patrick Anthony Paccarino,
USMC, I & I, Staff Office, Detroit. Robert Hrisoulis, 20, died in Vietnam
14 days before he was scheduled to leave Vietnam after serving an extended term."

Clicking hundreds of "great" jet attack photos with my new Japanese
camera. Invariably the photos came back with some tiny blur (that
would be the jet) far in the distance.

Taking one of our two ARVN interpreters, Zan, by CH-46 SeaKnight helicopter with two Cobra sidekicks on a night time
medevac because the local corpsman though he might have spinal meningitis.
Turned out to be untrue; just a local remedy for a cold which bruised
blood vessels over his ribs.

After listening to Gen. Vo Nguyen Gap (supreme NVA General) command
many others to attack units around us, we had him located FOR SURE at a
set of coordinates. Thousands of barrels of diesel fuel drippings were
dropped over a single square mile by UH-34 Sikorsky helicopters.
Jets came in and set fire to it all. The General kept transmitting
the entire time. We expect tunnels protected him deep under ground
but will never know for sure.